US Congressman. He was born near Middlebourne, Guernsey County, Ohio. He was a school teacher and practiced law until being elected to Congress in 1918 where he represented his home state district from 1919 to 1933. The Republican lost his re-election bid for an eighth term in 1932. In 1926 he was appointed by the House of Representatives to conduct the impeachment proceedings against a federal judge from the Eastern District of Illinois. After his political career he returned to Cambridge, Ohio where he once again practiced law and engaged in the banking business. (bio by: Bigwoo)